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Info, not taxes, is better at influencing fast food picks

Paying 11 cents more for a Triple Whopper with cheese or 12 cents for a Big Mac meal may seem like pennies, but it's a bad idea as a revenue raiser and as a push for better eating. Even Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi, whose budget office included the 2 percent tax on fast food in a multiyear budget document to close a revenue gap, now says it's headed right for the trash. Nuisance taxes will...

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